“Neighborly love at its best! My children have missed daily interactions with our neighbor (a mail carrier who is also a double lung transplant recipient) who is at increased risk of complications from COVID-19. More than a year ago, my youngest daughter (3 years old) was missing our neighbor, so she drew a picture, asked for an envelope, put it inside, and had me write our neighbor’s name on it for her. She quickly ran outside and put it in our neighbor’s mailbox before I had the heart to tell her it’s not ok to open other’s mailboxes.
The next day, our neighbor put up a tiny mailbox behind his postal box, just for neighborly mail. They’ve been exchanging cards, art, and tiny tokens of friendship for more than a year now. This photo is of her most recent trip to the ‘tiny special mailbox’ to deposit a card with her first ever spontaneously written letter ‘M,’ which is the first letter in her name. Love grows best in tiny spaces.”